Nico’s early years in Japan
by William Currie SJ On 25 February 1961, I was among the Jesuit scholastics in the Japanese language school in Yokosuka, Japan, preparing to welcome a new group of applicants from overseas to the Japanese province. Suddenly one of the Spanish scholastics announced in a solemn tone, “One of the…
Living with Fr Nicolas
by Fr Ando Isamu SJ Fr Adolfo Nicolas visiting a community of scholastics in Japan The 34th General Congregation inspired me to take the initiative to live in a low income workers’ area in maybe the poorest region of Tokyo where I was already doing pastoral social apostolate, while teaching…
A true Jesuit
by Victoria Faicol Fr Adolfo Nicolás started as EAPI (East Asian Pastoral Institute) Director in 1978. We began to know him better via a working relationship and especially at our nightly recreation time. His nickname at home was Fito a diminutive of Adolfo. If we thought he got his sense of…
Remembering Fr Nico with fondness
by Eric and Marites Ingles When Fr Nico retired in the Philippines, and in keeping with our family tradition to care for Jesuit friends, we adopted him. Though we met several times before his post as Superior General, it was only during this retirement when we were blessed to know…
Celebrating failure?
by Fr Riyo Mursanto SJ Fr Riyo Mursanto SJ and Fr Adolfo Nicolás SJ in the campus of the Ateneo de Manila “We collect stories from the provinces and regions, secretaries, peer groups, then we distribute the interesting ones as news”. That was my I answer when Fr Nicolás, who…
Memories of dear Fr Nicolás
by Kim Sook Hee RSCJ I feel deeply honoured to be asked to share my memories of Fr Nicolas, and utterly grateful to God and to Fr Nicolás for being such an important person in my life. Though he has left us, he will always remain in our hearts and…